Once again, it’s my pleasure to welcome you to a great night of Broadway here at the Ohio Theatre.
If this is your first time seeing Hadestown, prepare to have some feelings. The music and choreography work together seamlessly to tell the story in a way that is better described as ‘felt’ than ‘watched’.
Here at CAPA, this show brings back some extra-special feelings. Hadestown was the first Broadway show we presented in Columbus following the COVID-19 pandemic.
It’s hard to describe the collective mood on that Tuesday evening in November 2021 as we welcomed you back to the Ohio Theatre for the first time in 18 months. Excitement. Anticipation. Still a hint of apprehension. But mostly, joy. And that joy would be felt through all of the performances that took place that week.
Joy, education, experience, and memories - it’s what we do here at CAPA.
Your excitement in coming back to live theatre was a reaffirmation of how important shared experience and the bringing together of a diverse group of people is to our community. Presenting the performing arts to the community in many forms and genres is a privilege that we don’t take lightly, even today, more than four years later after re-opening.
We’re proud to present live performing arts in our theatres, and we’re so appreciative of your eagerness to share these moments with us. What we do is not possible without all of you.
From me and everyone at CAPA, thanks, as always, for being a part of the arts community in Columbus.
Thanks, as always, for coming.
Chad Whittington President & CEO CAPA
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THE MYTHS BEHIND THE MUSIC
OUTSIDE OF HADESTOWN, WHO ARE ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE, HADES AND PERSEPHONE?
BY RUTHIE FIERBERG
“It’s an old song … an old tale from way back when,” sings the character of Hermes in opening Hadestown. At its core, the musical is based on two ancient Greek myths: “Orpheus and Eurydice” and “Hades and Persephone.” Mythologies such as these, which feature the stories of gods, heroes and rituals of ancient Greece, have been passed down for thousands of years — so there is no one definitive text. But while some details vary, the heart of these stories and their lessons have remained unchanged. The foundation of these myths inspire the plot and characters of Hadestown.
In the ancient Greek tradition, Orpheus was a musician, but not just any. He was known as the only mortal whose playing rivaled that of the god of music, Apollo. Some say Orpheus was the son of the Muses and a Thracian prince — inheriting the gift of song from his mother and having had it nurtured by Thracians, the most musical people of Greece. Others simply note his otherworldly musical ability without explanation. But all versions agree that no one and nothing could resist Orpheus’ music. One day, while playing beneath a tree, Orpheus meets Eurydice, the nymph (or spirit) of this tree. The two fall in love and are married. But soon after their joyful matrimony, Eurydice wanders in the fields and is bitten by a poisonous viper. Eurydice dies and is taken to the
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(Eurydice) and Jose Contreras (Orpheus) in Hadestown North American Tour, 2026.
Photo by: Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade.
underworld. (Hadestown takes liberties here. In the musical, Hades persuades Eurydice in the tune “Hey, Little Songbird” to forgo her poverty-stricken situation for Hades’ well-supplied underworld — a more symbolic snakebite.)
Overwhelmed by his grief, Orpheus is determined to fetch Eurydice from the land of the dead and bring her back to Earth. Hermes, the messenger deity, leads Orpheus to the River Styx — the entrance of the underworld. (In Hadestown Hermes sings of a railroad rather than a river, but it’s always a long, winding path.) But Charon, the ferryman of the riverboat that leads souls to the underworld, refuses to transport a living human. Yet when Orpheus plays his lyre, Charon can’t resist. Charon obliges and Orpheus begins his journey to rescue Eurydice. Orpheus’ music continues to charm other obstacles in the underworld (like Cerberus, the three-headed guard dog). Orpheus finally reaches Hades, ruler of the underworld.
Orpheus’ music bends the will of Hades, who agrees that Orpheus may lead his love back to the mortal world — under one condition. Orpheus must travel ahead of Eurydice and may not look back at her until they have both left the underworld. But, as Hadestown creator Anaïs Mitchell writes in her lyrics, the story is “a sad song.” Orpheus glances over his shoulder too soon. He loses Eurydice forever.
But there is another myth folded into the main story of the fated musician and nymph: that of Hades and Persephone. The beautiful god Persephone was the daughter of Zeus, ruler of the heavens, and Demeter, god of agriculture and fertility. While picking flowers in a meadow, Persephone catches Hades’ eye. The god of the underworld cracks open the earth and swallows Persephone, abducting her to be his bride. Some versions of the narrative say Zeus had given Hades permission to take and wed Persephone. But at the kidnapping of her daughter, Demeter’s grief consumes her and she fails to care for the earth. Fields became barren and a famine spread throughout the land. Worried about the fate of the earth, Zeus sends Hermes to the underworld to bargain with Hades for Persephone’s return. But as Hermes arrives, Hades tricks Persephone into eating pomegranate seeds. According to Greek mythology, anyone who eats food in the land of the dead cannot return to the land of the living. Persephone has been trapped. But because of Demeter’s wrath and Hades’ trickery, the gods negotiate. They decide Persephone will spend six months of the year with her mother on earth and six months of the year in the underworld with her husband, Hades. The myth of Hades and Persephone offers an explanation to the seasons — a bleak winter while Persephone lives down below and a prosperous spring when she returns to her mother. (In Hadestown, the song “Livin’ It Up on Top” marks the start of Persephone’s spring on earth.)
Mitchell’s take on these two stories have perpetuated the oral-poetic tradition of mythology itself. Hadestown adds a modern American folkjazz sensibility to the ancient Greek tradition at its source.
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SARA GRUEN, AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING WATER FOR ELEPHANTS NOVEL, ON THE STORY’S ENDURING POWER
BY BROADWAY.COM STAFF
The idea for Water for Elephants seized Sara Gruen’s imagination before she even realized she was looking for a new story.
She was midway through writing a different book when, on February 7, 2003, she opened the Chicago Tribune and came across a feature on Edward J. Kelty, a photographer who had traveled with America’s most storied circuses in the 1920s and ’30s. His black-and-white images captured clowns, acrobats, bearded ladies, giants and more. They offered a surreal glimpse into circus life at its peak. Gruen was taken with the subject matter.
Kelty had used a massive banquet camera, one that could photograph entire troupes in a single frame. His prints were wide and deep, packed with texture. You could look at them for a long time and still not see everything. Gruen did just that. She was drawn to the detail, the stillness and the sense of mystery in each photo.
“The pictures could show all of the Ringling people—the lineup—at once,” she recalls in an interview with Broadway.com Managing Editor Beth Stevens for The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal. “You could go and look and find the wrinkles in the stockings, the feather fronds, the detail. I was just staring at the pictures,” she says, still sounding amazed. “I stabbed it and I said, ‘This is what I’m doing next.’”
And she did. Gruen walked away from the novel she had been working on and threw herself into a different world entirely. She began researching circus history and chasing down every thread of inspiration she could find. The result was Water for Elephants, published in 2006. The novel follows Jacob Jankowski, a veterinary student whose life is upended by tragedy just before he finishes school. Alone and without direction, he winds up on a circus train and joins the Benzini Bros. Most Spectacular Show on Earth.
The story that unfolds is filled with hardship and grit but also moments of beauty and tenderness. It’s a look at life on the margins during the Great Depression, told through the eyes of someone trying to find a place to belong.
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“The message that it carries is about loving and caring for each other,” Gruen says.
That message came straight from her own life. Gruen has always cared deeply about animals, and her passion for their well-being runs throughout the book. One of its most poignant relationships is between Jacob and an elephant named Rosie. She’s at the center of how the novel examines the challenge of choosing compassion, especially when it doesn’t come easily.
Writing the book was an intense process. Gruen spent months gathering details that would help her get the world right. She wasn’t interested in imagining the circus from a distance. She wanted to step into it fully. That meant understanding the smells of the train cars, the routines of life after the show and the weight of constant movement while trying to feel at home.
As her research continued, Gruen became increasingly drawn to the inner workings of circus life. Behind the performances and animals were people who had either chosen that path or found themselves with nowhere else to go. They learned to survive together and rely on one another. By most definitions, they were outsiders, but within the circus they created something that felt like family.
“It’s about chosen family and looking after each other,” she says.
That idea has helped the story live on in different forms. The novel became a bestseller, then a major motion picture and now a stage musical. Gruen never imagined it would go this far, but she understands why it keeps finding new audiences. There’s something timeless in the story’s emotional center.
Bringing the story to the stage came with a different kind of challenge. The adaptation includes original music and circus-inspired movement, but what mattered most was keeping the heart of the story intact. That meant capturing the atmosphere and emotion that made the book resonate in the first place. The sense of closeness. The quiet relationships. The feeling of struggle and beauty existing side by side.
Seeing it all come together has been a powerful experience for Gruen. “These people are geniuses,” she says of the creative team. “It just comes out with all the important bits intact.”
Adapting a story always involves making choices. Not everything from the original will make it into the new version, and the creative team brings their own vision to the process. Still, Gruen feels the stage production has captured what matters most. It stays true to the book without trying to replicate it word for word.
“It feels new to me,” she says. “And yet, it retains all of the good things that I wanted it to have. I think that’s a pretty magical combination.”
The show echoes the novel in a quieter way. Like the Benzini Bros. circus, the production travels from place to place, setting up, performing, then moving on. Along the way, the cast and crew become their own kind of family, creating something temporary that still manages to leave a mark.
To Gruen, that feels like more than a coincidence. It’s part of why the story still resonates. The golden age of the American circus may be gone, but the themes at the heart of Water for Elephants remain. People still want connection. They want to be seen, to feel safe, to find comfort in uncertain moments.
That’s what has kept the story alive. On the surface, it’s set under the big top. At its core, it’s about people trying to look out for one another. Gruen believes that’s what continues to draw readers in, and now audiences too.
And it all began with a photograph. Or more than one. Gruen can still see the Kelty images that stopped her cold. There was something in the faces. Something quiet and impossible to shake.
“Those pictures just wouldn’t let go,” she says. And clearly, neither has the story.
For extended cuts of this interview and others, head over to Broadway.com.
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UNDERSTUDIES
Understudies are in alphabetical order and never substitute for the listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the appearance.
for Orpheus—BRYAN CHAN, TY SHAY; for Eurydice—ERIN McMILLEN, KAITLYN O’LEARY, JULIA SCHICK; for Persephone—MICHELLE E. CARTER, MIRIAM NAVARRETE; for Hades—RYAAN FARHADI, XAVIER McKNIGHT; for Hermes—BERNELL LASSAI III, XAVIER McKNIGHT; for Fates—JONICE BERNARD, MICHELLE E. CARTER, ERIN McMILLEN, KAITLYN O’LEARY, JULIA SCHICK
Co-Dance Captains—MICHELLE E. CARTER, JULIA SCHICK Fight Captain—JONICE BERNARD
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Music Director/Piano—ARMAN WALI MOHAMMAD
Assistant Music Director/Violin—JESSIE BITTNER
Trombone/Glockenspiel—HAIK DEMIRCHIAN
Double Bass—NYA HOLMES
Cello—GABRIELLE HOOPER
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Guitar—SAM WADE
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MUSICAL NUMBERS
ACT I
“Road to Hell” ................................................................................................. Hermes, Company
“Any Way the Wind Blows” Eurydice, Fates
“Come Home With Me” Orpheus, Eurydice, Hermes, Workers
“Word to the Wise” ................................................................................................................ Fates
“His Kiss, The Riot” Hades
“Wait For Me (reprise)” Hermes, Company
“Doubt Comes In” ........................................................ Orpheus, Eurydice, Fates, Workers
“Road to Hell (reprise)” .............................................................................. Hermes, Company
WHO’S WHO in the CAST
NICKOLAUS COLÓN (Hades).
Graduate of UNCSA drama and recent winner of the CT Critics Circle Awards for Featured Actor in a Musical playing Don in Kinky Boots. Credits include national tour: Fiddler on the Roof (Mordcha), Dirty Dancing (Billy Kostecki). NCL: Kinky Boots (Don), Rock of Ages (Dennis) and many more regional productions.
JOSE CONTRERAS (Orpheus) is honored to be joining the cast of Hadestown in his touring debut! “Shoutouts to my buddy Zack for teaching me guitar, my mentor Jamon Maple and my team Josh and Aimee at ASA. Endless love to my family Mare, Carlos, Andrea and Pia for always reminding me that ‘stars can’t shine without darkness.’” ;) Follow @jose_contreras_official.
RUDY FOSTER (Hermes). National tour: Ain’t Too Proud (226 performances as Otis Williams). Regional: Sister Act (Eddie), Hair (Claude), Les Misérables (Enjolras). “Thanks to Mom and Dad, DDO and the world we dream about. Let’s GROW and let’s GLOW! For Mr. Lees and Mr. Ledford.” @rudy_the_star.
HAWA KAMARA (Eurydice) [they/she] made history by being the first Black actor to play Wendy Darling in the Peter Pan national tour. Recent credits include The Great Gatsby, original Seoul production (u/s Daisy, Ensemble). Much love and thanks to family and friends, Hell’s Kitchen Agency and Whitley and Dunn casting for this dream-fulfilling opportunity! @_hawakamara.
NAMISA MDLALOSE BIZANA (Persephone) is an awardwinning actor from South Africa. Namisa graduated from UCT with a degree in theater-making. Theater: The Full Monty (NSMT), The Color Purple (The Joburg
Theatre), Kinky Boots (The Fugard Theatre). Readings: Hero (dir. Shariffa Ali), The King’s Wife (dir. Tamilla Woodard). Animation: Monde on Supa Team 4 (Netflix).
GIA KEDDY (Fate). National tour debut! Credits: Natalie in Next to Normal (Second Stage Studios), Gertrude McFuzz in Seussical The Musical (The Argyle Theatre) and Cheshire Cat in Alice By Heart (Stage 74). “Thank you friends and family, Mom, Dad, Niko, Vinny, Nina and Evangelina for pushing me to do what I love most (and harmonizing with me when I force you to). I love you guys so much! Huge thank you to Whitley Theatrical! Let’s sing it again!” @giakeddy.
MIRIAM NAVARRETE (Fate, u/s Persephone) is overjoyed to be a part of this incredible production. Recent/favorite credits include Elsa (Disney Cruise Line), Nina (In the Heights). She would like to thank Dottridge Talent, her family and friends for their continuous support. IG: __mimz__.
JAYNA WESCOATT (Fate) is excited to join her first national tour! From Honolulu, Hawai’i, she received her B.F.A. from Ithaca College, and recently performed with Princess Cruises. Jayna wants to thank her parents, Jamie and Wren for always cheering her on the loudest.
JONICE BERNARD (Worker, Fight Captain, u/s Fates) [they/ them]. Credits include The Color Purple (Phoenix Theatre Company), Disney Cruise Line, Hong Kong Disneyland, Hearts Beat Loud (MCC Theater). “Much love to PMA, my family, friends and all the black, queer people who came before me.” @jonicebernard.
MICHELLE E. CARTER (Swing, Co-Dance Captain, u/s Persephone, u/s Fates). Tours:
Cats (Jennyanydots). Select regional: Signature Theatre—A Chorus Line, Legacy Theatre— Julie Andrews’ The Great American Mousical, Barrington Stage Company—The Royal Family of Broadway. Marymount Manhattan College. Take 3 Talent. For Stephen, Mom and Don. @idtapthat03. michelle-e-carter.com.
BRYAN CHAN (Worker, u/s Orpheus). National tour debut! Hong Kong-born. Regional: Legally Blonde (Emmett), The King and I (Lun Tha). “Huge shoutout to Michael, NYVC, Timothy and Whitley Theatrical for believing in me. Love to my mom, dad and Emily for being my rock!” @bryanchanuwu.
RYAAN FARHADI (Worker, u/s Hades). National tour: Come From Away (Kevin J/Ali), Lincoln Center’s My Fair Lady. Regional: The REV’s Jesus Christ Superstar, Hunchback. Love to his family, PMA and all the choir teachers who let him sing the bass part in middle school. @ryaanfarhadi.
BERNELL LASSAI III (Worker, u/s Hermes) [they/them]. National tours: Ain’t Too Proud. Regional: Primary Trust (Asolo Rep), Man of La Mancha (Riverside Theatre), Kinky Boots (Paramount Theatre), The Tempest (Oak Park Festival Theatre), Antony and Cleopatra (St. Louis Shakespeare Festival). WebCo alum. Reps: Gray Talent Group. @lassai_.
XAVIER McKNIGHT (Swing, u/s Hades, u/s Hermes) is elated to join this incredible company!
National tours: How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Dog Man The Musical, Cat’s Pajamas Vocal Band. Favorite regional: Shrek The Musical, Mamma Mia!, … Spelling Bee. “Much love to my husband, Jay Jay!” @xaviermcknight.
ERIN McMILLEN (Worker, u/s Eurydice, u/s Fates) is delighted to return to Hadestown! Recent credits include Madame Clicquot
(world premiere, PCLO) and Jekyll & Hyde (Wolfbane Productions). Endless thanks to Mom, Terry, Sam and her team at The Mine for their support. Follow along @erinmcmillen and erinmcmillen.com!
KAITLYN O’LEARY (Swing, u/s Eurydice, u/s Fates) is thrilled to be making her national tour debut! Recent graduate of Texas State University musical theater program. “All my love to Mom, Dad, Kylie and Ryan, and thank you so much to Marc and Dustin at Daniel Hoff!” @kaitlyn.oleary.
JULIA SCHICK (Swing, Co-Dance Captain, u/s Eurydice, u/s Fates). Professional: Kiminy in After Pinocchio: A New Musical (Yaya Theatre Company). Educational: Asaka in Once on This Island, Rona in 25th Annual…Spelling Bee (CCM). Touring debut and recent graduate from UC-CCM! Instagram: @julia.l.schick. julialschick.com.
TY SHAY (Swing, u/s Orpheus) is thrilled to be joining the touring cast of Hadestown! Favorite credits include Revolution(s) (Goodman Theatre); The Lord of the Rings (Chicago Shakespeare Theater, GWB New Zealand). Thanks to DDO and love to the fam! IG: _boo_ty_.
ANAÏS MITCHELL (Music, Lyrics & Book) is a Tony and Grammy Award-winning singersongwriter whose recordings include the original studio album of Hadestown (2010), Young Man in America (2012), Bonny Light Horseman (2019, as Bonny Light Horseman) and Anaïs Mitchell (2022). She was named to the TIME100 list of the Most Influential People in the World in 2020 and her first book Working on a Song: The Lyrics of Hadestown was published by Plume/Penguin the same year. She headlines shows worldwide and her music has featured regularly on “Best-Of” lists, including NPR, The Guardian
and The Wall Street Journal. Hadestown is Anaïs’s first musical.
RACHEL CHAVKIN (Original Broadway Director and Tour Concept) is a Tony Awardwinning director, writer and artistic director of Brooklynbased collective, the TEAM. Hadestown (NYTW, National Theatre, London) has been one of her greatest joys. Tony and Lortel nominations and Drama Desk Award for Dave Malloy’s Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (Broadway, Ars Nova, A.R.T.). London: Mission Drift (National Theatre), American Clock (Old Vic). Select New York and regional: Marco Ramirez’s The Royale (LCT; Obie Award, Drama Desk and Lortel nominations), Malloy’s Preludes (LCT3), Bess Wohl’s Small Mouth Sounds (Ars Nova and national tour), Carson Kreitzer’s and Matt Gould’s Lempicka (Williamstown Theatre Festival), The Royal Family (Guthrie Theater) and multiple collaborations with Taylor Mac. Her first film, Remind Me, was an official selection of the Venice and Beverly Hills Film Festivals. 2017 Smithsonian Award for Ingenuity. Proud NYTW Usual Suspect and Member SDC.
DAVID NEUMANN (Original Broadway Choreographer). Film: I Am Legend, Marriage Story (Noah Baumbach).
Choreography: An Octoroon and Futurity (Soho Rep); Antipodes (Signature Theatre); Underground Railroad Game (Ars Nova); Hagoromo and Home (BAM); The Antipodes (Signature Theatre). Collaborator and performer: Laurie Anderson, Big Dance Theater, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Doug Elkins. Director: The Object Lesson (NYTW, BAM). Artistic director, Advanced Beginner Group (P.S.122, NY Live Arts, The Kitchen, Symphony Space, Abrons Art Center, The Chocolate Factory, The Whitney, Walker Art Center, MASS MoCA). Recipient of 2020 Obie Award, 2019 Chita
Rivera Award, three Bessie Awards for dance/performance, Tony nominee for Hadestown, Lucille Lortel and Helen Hayes awards nominee.
KEENAN TYLER OLIPHANT (Director). Broadway: Hadestown (associate director). OffBroadway: Terce: a practical breviary, Here Arts; Will You Come with Me?, PlayCo; Oratorio for Living Things, Ars Nova (associate director). Off-OffBroadway: To the Ends of the Earth, JACK; Oyster Radio Hour, Little Island; Kyk Hoe Skyn die Son, Clubbed Thumb Winterworks; queen, Dixon Place. Regional: Gatsby, A.R.T Associate Director Drama League Fellow 2021/2022; Clubbed Thumb Directing Fellow 2020/2021. M.F.A. Columbia University.
T OLIVER REID (Choreographer). B’way credits include Hadestown; Once on This Island; Sunset Boulevard; After Midnight; Sister Act; Mary Poppins; The Wedding Singer; Chicago; La Cage aux Folles; Never Gonna Dance; Thoroughly Modern Millie; Follies; Kiss Me, Kate. Wrote, directed, and starred in awardwinning Drop Me Off in Harlem. Choreographer: Universal’s Bros. Asc. Choreographer: Hadestown and Netflix’s White Noise. Asc. Movement Dir.: Death of a Salesman. Faculty: NYU-Tisch and Rider University. Board of Visitors: UNCSA. Co-Founder: Black Theatre Coalition. @toliverreid.
DAVID L. ARSENAULT (Scenic Design). As a designer and associate in theater, opera and dance, David’s work has been seen on Broadway, OffBroadway, regionally and internationally. Broadway and national tour associate work includes The Color Purple (2015), Jesus Christ Superstar (50th Anniversary Tour). Regional credits include The Kennedy Center, Gulfshore Playhouse,
Kitchen Theatre Company, Geva Theatre, Northern Stage and George Street Playhouse. International: English Theatre Berlin and Theatre Royal Bath (upcoming). davidarsenaultdesign.com.
RACHEL HAUCK (Original Broadway Scenic Design).
Broadway: Hadestown (Tony Award, Drama Desk and Outer Critics nominations), What the Constitution Means to Me, Latin History for Morons. Recent work: The Wrong Man (MCC); Hadestown (National Theatre, Citadel, NYTW); Hurricane Diane (NYTW); Othello, Twelfth Night (Shakespeare in the Park); The Lucky Ones (Ars Nova); You’ll Still Call Me By Name (Sonya Tayeh/ Jacob’s Pillow). Princess Grace, Lilly Awards; Drama Desk, Lortel nominations; Obie Award for Sustained Excellence. “Black lives matter.”
MICHAEL KRASS (Costume Design). Broadway: Tony nominations for Hadestown, Noises Off, Machinal and The Constant Wife; plus Charlie Brown, Twelve Angry Men, Heisenberg, new plays by Stephen Belber, Nicky Silver, Elaine May, more, and What the Constitution Means to Me. OffBroadway: premieres by Edward Albee, Christopher Durang, John Guare, Teresa Rebeck, Sarah Treem, John Kander/Greg Pierce, Will Eno, Lauren Yee, Lisa Loomer, Donald Marguilies, etc. He teaches in the graduate program at Brown University.
AJA JACKSON (Lighting Design). Honored to join the Hadestown journey! Off-Broadway: A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet and Rock and Roll Man Broadway: Fat Ham (associate). Regional (selected): Huntington Theatre Company, American Repertory Theater, The Alley, The Everyman Theatre and Hartford Stage. Dance: Ailey 2, Hubbard Street Dance. Work with Bradley King: Fat Ham, Lempicka,
Monsoon Wedding, Goddess. Board Chair of Brighter Boston. Proud member of USA 829. ajajacksonlighting.com. IG: @ajamjackson.
BRADLEY KING (Original Broadway Lighting Design). With Rachel Chavkin: Hadestown, The Great Comet, Moby Dick, Lempicka, Preludes and many others. Broadway: Hadestown (Tony, Drama Desk), Flying Over Sunset, Bernhardt/Hamlet, The Great Comet (Tony, Drama Desk). Off-Broadway: shows for MCC Theater, Roundabout Theatre Company, Playwrights Horizons, Atlantic Theater Company, New York Theatre Workshop, Signature Theatre and many others. Numerous regional theater and opera productions across the U.S. and worldwide. M.F.A.: NYU. On the web at bradleykingld.com.
NEVIN STEINBERG (Sound Design). Broadway: Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (Tony nomination), Hadestown (Tony Award), Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, Freestyle Love Supreme, The Cher Show, Bandstand, Bright Star, It Shoulda Been You, Mothers and Sons, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Tony nomination), The Performers, Magic/Bird. Over 30 other Broadway productions with Acme Sound Partners and five additional Tony nominations: The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Fences, Hair and In the Heights.
JESSICA PAZ (Sound Design). Twelfth Night, Othello, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Miss You Like Hell (The Public Theater); Welcome to Fear City (KC Rep); Burn All Night (A.R.T); A Sucker Emcee, The Muscles in Our Toes (LAByrinth Theater Company); Ugly Lies the Bone (Roundabout Theatre Company); Becoming Dr. Ruth (Westside Theatre); Looking for the Pony (Vital Theatre Company); Women Beware Women (Red Bull Theater);
Stretch (a fantasia) (New Georges). Tony, Drama Desk winner for Best Sound Design for Hadestown.
CODY OWEN STINE (Music Supervisor) is a composer, songwriter music director and multi-instrumentalist. Resident composer for adult|children collective. Broadway includes Hadestown, The Outsiders, Moulin Rouge!, Spongebob Squarepants, Finding Neverland. Cast albums: Miss You Like Hell, The Robber Bridegroom, Jonathan Larson Project, Liz Swados Project. 2019 Jonathan Larson Grant finalist; 2019 commissioned writer, Williamstown Theatre Festival. codyowenstine.com.
LIAM ROBINSON (Music Consultant & Vocal Arrangements). Broadway: War Horse (Songman, original cast); music director and vocal arranger for Hadestown Off-Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop (cast member), Canada’s Citadel Theatre and London’s National Theatre; orchestrator/ co-producer National Anthem: Arise! Arise! robinsonandrohe.com.
MICHAEL CHORNEY
(Arrangements & Orchestrations) leads ensembles from trio to big band that perform his compositions and songs. As an arranger he has created tributes to Sun Ra, Kurt Weill and Paul Bowles. He has made a bunch of records as a leader, producer and instrumentalist. Michael has been a part of Hadestown since its inception in Vermont.
TODD SICKAFOOSE
(Arrangements & Orchestrations) is a Tony and Grammy awardwinning composer, producer, arranger, orchestrator, bandleader and double bassist. He produced, co-arranged and performed on the original Hadestown album, co-produced both Hadestown cast recordings and produced and arranged Anaïs
Mitchell’s album Young Man in America. Since 2004, Sickafoose has performed internationally with Ani DiFranco. Writing for his band Tiny Resistors, he recently created Bear Proof, a chamber jazz hybrid commissioned by the Doris Duke Foundation.
ARMAN WALI MOHAMMAD (Music Director) is a music director, pianist and arranger who is involved in a diverse collection of music making with many international friends and collaborators. He has strong influences from Pashtun and Arabic music, as well as jazz. He recently has recorded with Nate Smith and Chris Potter. Arman has also performed with and arranged for current Broadway artists Abby Mueller, Thayne Jasperson, Elizabeth Stanley and others in cabarets over the last few years. He is extraordinarily excited to be on the Hadestown tour!
KEITH LEVENSON (Music Contractor) is delighted to be working with the Hadestown team. His most recent credit is touring worldwide with The Who. keithlevenson.com.
JENNIFER MULLINS (Hair & Wig Design). After over a decade as a wig maker for feature films and episodic television, Jennifer is now designing in the theatrical world. Beginning her career at 15 years old as a licensed hairdresser, Jennifer’s goal has always been to help productions have a visionary experience that brings people together, ignites their imaginations, and assists in creating a world of inclusiveness with diversity of hair on stage and in film.
WHITLEY THEATRICAL (Casting). Benton Whitley CSA and Peter Dunn. Current Broadway/NY: Hadestown (Artios Award). Previous B’way/ NY: How to Dance in Ohio, Life of Pi, Chicago the Musical, Paradise Square, Rock of Ages, The Lightning Thief, The Great
Comet of 1812, Elf, On the Town, Pippin, La Cage aux Folles, Radio City Christmas Spectacular TV/film: Netflix, 20th Century Fox, NBC, Lionsgate, Disney Channel. West End/U.K.: Hadestown, Thriller Live, Menier Chocolate Factory. U.S. tours: Hadestown, Hairspray, Waitress, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Finding Neverland, Into the Woods, We Will Rock You. Regional: American Rep, Berkeley Rep, Alley, Shakespeare Theatre Co., Bay Street, For The Record, TUTS, Hollywood Bowl, McCarter, Signature. Follow: @whitleytheatrical and whitleytheatrical.com.
CIERA MILLER (Associate Director) [she/her] is a NYCbased director. She is half of the theatrical duo Miller & Harlow. The pair were 2023 Jonathan Larson Grant Honorable Mentions. Ciera seeks out new works and campfire stories of all kinds. @millerandharlow. cieramiller.com.
An ever-fluid, trans-non-binary, multi-hyphenate artist, interdimensional dreamer and co-creative inspirator, they aim to find collaboration and creative flow in everything they do. Warrior of truth and embodiment, creator of art spanning mediums and timelines; storyteller, healer, activator, advocator, collaborator, performer, composer, producer, poet, philosophizer, etc. @yah__yah__el__.
MOLLY GOODWIN (Production Stage Manager). Welcome to the Underground! Inter/national tours: Pretty Woman, Tootsie, West Side Story (Stage Around Tokyo and U.S.); Sister Act (Asia and U.S.); The Wizard of Oz, Ghost, BLAST! and Legally Blonde. Stage and production management for Holland America Line, cruising across the globe. Her favorite credit is Celine Dion’s A New Day: Live in
Las Vegas. Goodwin holds a B.A. in theater/dance from Luther College and an M.F.A. in stage management from UNLV. Love to Kith and Kin—thank you for roots and wings!
GRIFFIN SPRIGGS (Assistant Stage Manager) [he/him] is grateful to tell this beautiful story for another year. National tour debut! B.A. from UF. Regional: Come From Away (SM) at Revival Theatre Company. He also has an extensive career stage managing in youth theater, most recently at Perry-Mansfield Arts School and Camp in Colorado. Many thanks to Molly, his Hadestown family, the team at RCI and his mom, dad and sister for their continued love and support. IG: @griffinspriggs.
ELISE BROWN (Company Manager) [she/her] is overjoyed to return to RCI and Hadestown after serving as assistant company manager last year. Endless gratitude to Mom, Dad, Sydney, Barb, Alicia, Jeff, Abi and countless others who have supported her along the way. Proud alum of Point Park University and NYU.
ELLIE HOWELL (Assistant Company Manager) is so excited to be making her national tour debut with Hadestown! Having just concluded her time at RCI Theatricals as a general management intern, she is eager to get out on the road and continue collaborating with this amazing team. Ellie’s also a proud Wake Forest and Theatre Aspen alum.
SIGHTLINE PRODUCTIONS (Production Management). Sightline’s current and recent projects include Hadestown second national tour, Liberation, Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Mamma Mia!, Take a Banana for The Ride, The Least Problematic Woman in the World, Archduke, Gypsy, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, Joy: A New True Musical, Duke & Roya, Spamalot national tour, 44: The Obama Musical and more.
THE BOOKING GROUP
(Tour Booking Agency) has represented 27 Tony Awardwinning Best Musicals and Plays. Current tours include: Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, Come From Away, The Book of Mormon, 1776, Hadestown, Mean Girls, MJ The Musical, Pretty Woman, Six, Tina, To Kill A Mockingbird, Anastasia, Chicago, Fiddler on the Roof, Hairspray, My Fair Lady, R.E.S.P.E.C.T. and Tootsie. Future tours include: Almost Famous, Funny Girl, Mamma Mia!, Mrs. Doubtfire, A Strange Loop, The Devil Wears Prada and The Wiz.
ALLIED GLOBAL MARKETING
(Tour Marketing & Press) is an integrated agency working with the world’s largest entertainment, consumer and lifestyle brands, including 90+ Broadway shows over three decades. Current tours: Back to the Future, Beetlejuice, The Book of Mormon, The Great Gatsby, Kinky Boots, Mamma Mia!, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Notebook, The Outsiders, Riverdance, Some Like It Hot, Suffs. Upcoming tours: Dirty Dancing; Elf; Just in Time; Mystic Pizza; Oh, Mary!; Operation Mincemeat; Waitress
pre-Broadway engagements of Waitress; Jagged Little Pill; Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812; and Gatsby: An American Myth. He teaches courses in producing, leadership and nonprofit management at Florida State University and Harvard University. M.F.A., Florida State University.
STAFF FOR HADESTOWN
GENERAL MANAGEMENT
RCI THEATRICALS
David R. Richards
Joe Christopher Danielle Karliner Naish
Beverly Edwards Kevin Greene Steve Hohne
Justin Black Kyle Bonder
Gabrielle Johnson-Nieporant
Alexander Parra Georgina Ratnatunga
Megan Ringeling Bradley Baumhover
Isaac Evans Mike Miller
Marissa Parrott Sophie Stiker John Weicher
COMPANY MANAGER ELISE BROWN
Assistant Company Manager Ellie Howell
TOUR MARKETING & PRESS
ALLIED GLOBAL MARKETING
Andrew Damer
Jennifer Gallagher Scott Praefke
Jessica Cary Davis Anne Waisanen
Adina Hsu Emily Toppen
Maria Bonucchi Amenkha Sembenu Kate W yman
TOUR BOOKING AGENCY
RCI THEATRICALS (General Manager). Current and recent Broadway and touring productions include & Juliet, Hadestown, Shucked, Glengarry Glen Ross, Gypsy, Our Town, Harmony, Monty Python’s Spamalot, Heart of Rock & Roll, Jagged Little Pill, Pictures From Home, Ohio State Murders, Take Me Out, American Buffalo, The Minutes, Ain’t Too Proud, The Inheritance, Oklahoma!, Anastasia rcitheatricals.com.
MARK LUNSFORD (Creative Producer) is a theater and live performance producer. He recently finished his tenure as the producer for the American Repertory Theater at Harvard University, where he produced dozens of shows, including the
THE BOOKING GROUP
Meredith Blair
Rich Rundle Brian Brooks
Jonathan Pearson Maryruth Grabez thebookinggroup.com
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
SIGHTLINE PRODUCTIONS
Ryan Murphy Hannah Osborne
Livia Marcelino Christy Perez Nate Warren
CASTING
WHITLEY THEATRICAL
Benton Whitley, CSA Peter Dunn
LEGAL COUNSEL
LAZARUS & HARRIS LLP
Scott Lazarus, Esq. Robert C. Harris, Esq. Carter Anne McGowan, Esq. Diane Viale
Patrick Wilcox
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER ..... MOLLY GOODWIN
Assistant Stage Manager Griffin Spriggs
Assistant General Manager .........................Sophie Stiker
Associate Director Ciera Miller
Associate Choreographer Yael ‘YaYa’ Reich
Co-Dance Captains ....... Michelle E. Carter, Julia Schick
Assistant Wardrobe/Wigs ................ Fernando Monzon
Assistant Stage Manager Cover Julia Schick
Physical Therapy NEURO TOUR Physical Therapy, Inc.
Cultural Competency ...Smith-Soeder Enterprises. LLC/ DeWanda Smith-Soeder
Banking ................................................ Flagstar Bank
Insurance Risk Strategies/ Peter Shoemaker, Anthony Pittari
Accountant .............................. Withum Smith+Brown/ Robert Fried, Karen Kowgios, Scott Bartolf, Anthony Moore, Lara Waldner, CPAs
Comptroller Steve Hohne, CPA
Payroll Vensure, Payroll Data Processing
Trucking ............................................... Clark Transfer
Travel Agency Road Rebel Global/ Julia Lang, Jana Leighty, Linda Cockrell, Johanna Nagel-Kim Merchandising The Araca Group/ Emma Kerr, Kerry Krye
Production Photographer Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade
CREDITS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Scenery built, painted and electrified by Hudson Scenic Studios. Props by BrenBri Properties. Lighting and Rigging Equipment from Christie Lites. Sound Equipment from Masque Sound. Costumes executed by Tricorne Costumes, Inc.; Parsons-Meares, Ltd.; Arnold Levine, Inc.; Crystal Thompson, Giliberto Designs, Inc.; Shana Albery; Jeff Fender Studio; Scafati Tailoring, Inc.; Hochi Asiatico.
Rehearsed at Pearl and Gibney Studios
SPECIAL THANKS
Arel Studio, Liz Riches and Karakter Worldwide. And an enormous thanks to every member of the Hadestown company, past and present, artist and crew member, onstage and off, from Vermont to Broadway and beyond.
The Director and Choreographer are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union.
Backstage and Front of the House Employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.).
United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre.
Leslie K. Broecker President–Midwest
Genevieve Holt Vice President–Midwest
Elizabeth Truitt Armstrong Director of Regional Marketing & Public Relations
STAFF
Full time staff as of 12/31/2025
ADMINISTRATION
Chad Whittington President & CEO
Elfi Di Bella Executive VP & Chief Strategy Officer
Maggie Taylor Executive Office Manager
DEVELOPMENT
Barbara Markus Director of Development
Sara Gibson Development Database & Analytics Coord.
Mary Ann Hopper Data Entry Associate
Emily Kilroy Senior Annual Fund Manager
Susan Ropp Director of Grants
Julie Weeks Special Events Senior Manager
Amanda Wheeler Grants Manager
EDUCATION & ENGAGEMENT
Amy Handra Senior Director of Education & Engagement
Crystal Satterfield Education Specialist
FINANCE
Jill Lukshin-Hoff Chief Financial Officer
Deanna Jones CAPA Controller
Shelby Erickson Shared Services Controller
Pam Ball Staff Accountant
Dominic Scarsella Staff Accountant
Tom Price Staff Accountant
Erin Meiman Staff Accountant
Laura Wartel Staff Accountant
HUMAN RESOURCES
Michelle Reese Head of People
Kristi Wilson HR Senior Manager—Shared Services
Chris Wallace Payroll & Benefits Accountant
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Dave Burgan Director of IT
Brian Kovats Systems Administrator
Zach Warmouth IT Technician
MARKETING
Peter Keiser VP–Marketing & Sales
Katie Cullen Director of Marketing, Digital & Analytics
James Fischer Communications Manager
Sara Maassel Creative Director
Lydia Miller Multimedia Director
Lisa Minken Marketing Manager–Broadway in Columbus
Lydia Ohman Director of Brand
Mallory Peters Ecommerce Specialist
Brett Reiter Cinema Columbus Director
Kayla Rutherford-Simmons Marketing Manager
Christopher Turner Digital Designer
Abby Valencic Digital Marketing Manager
Scott Vezdos Marketing Manager
OPERATIONS
Daniel Walshaw VP Operations
Jason Gay Head of Capital Projects
Henry Bateman Head Carpenter
Mary Bocook Operations Assistant
Rex Buckingham Head Carpenter
Stephen Casari Director of Maintenance
Mary Cecil Operations Desk Attendant
Kristina Cohn Director of Operations
Victor Fisher Assistant Food & Beverage Manager
Kelly Ganley Head Carpenter
Jon Gillie Technical Manager
Ronald Greathouse Custodian
Chuck Hammerle Director of Operations
Paul Kavicky ER Assigned Dept Head
Julia Kelley Director of Operations
Lonnie Kelley Stage Door Manager
Jeffrey Kerns ER Assigned Dept Head
Patricia Kuntz Director of Operations
Megan Lehr House Manager Lead
Adam McKinnon ER Assigned Dept Head
Brendan Michna ER Assigned Dept Head
Bobby Miller Director of Production
Veronica Nickerson Volunteer Coordinator
Kristen Paige Volunteer Manager
Nate Riley Senior Director of Operations
Amanda Rogers Operations Assistant
David Sinclair Assistant Food & Beverage Manager
Steve Slivka Assistant Director of Maintenance
Kevin Smith ER Assigned Dept Head
Mark Szwabinsky Director of Operations
Bradley Wees Lead Operations Assistant
Doug Wiese Food & Beverage Manager
PROGRAMMING
Rich Corsi VP of Programming
Michael Herrmann Venue Sales Assistant
Elizabeth Lamont Broadway Manager
Laura Morgan Venue Sales Specialist
Oliver Pontius Programming Manager
TICKETING
Rhea Shaffer Director of Ticketing
Roger Whitaker Assistant Director of Ticketing
Billy Boyd Senior Manager–Rentals
Joe Calmer Group Sales & Education Ticketing Specialist
Each season, CAPA relies upon generous gifts to bring world-class artists and programming to our stages and beyond. These partnerships help CAPA provide vital performing arts education and engagement to our community. We are honored to recognize the individuals and families that support CAPA every day that make our work possible. We are grateful for their commitment to the arts in our community.
Listed below are the combined gifts that were received between July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025.
If we inadvertently omitted your name, please accept our sincere apologies. For a complete list of donors, please visit capa.com
$10,000+
Nick & Donna Akins ❖
The David and Elisa McCurdy Donor Advised Fund ❖✷✐
The DiMarco Family Fund of The Columbus Foundation ❖✐ In Honor of David & Mo Meuse
Jane & Michael J. Endres ❖✷
Larry & Marion Fisher ❖❤✷✐
Joe & Lori Hamrock ❖
Donna & Larry James ❖✷
Mike & Linda Kaufmann ❖❤
Monica & Doug Kridler ❖✷
Mary Lipinsky ❖
The Marilyn M. Scanlan Irrevocable Trust ❖
Jane & John McCoy ❖✷
Joan & Steve Parrish ❖
Liz Riley ❖✐
The Riley Family Foundation ❖✐
The Schoedinger Family ❖
Don & Teckie Shackelford ❖✷
Bob & Peggy Walter ❖✷
In Honor of Mr. John Finn
The Robert J. Weiler Company ❖✐
Scott Whitlock ❖✷
Anonymous ❖
$5,000–$9,999
John Beeler ❖✐
William & Christy Cooper ❖
The DeeDee & Herb Glimcher Philanthropic Fund ❖
John & Bebe Finn ❖
T.R. & Sara Gross ❖✷
Brian & Amanda Huprich ❖
The Karen F. Lane Fund of The Columbus Foundation ❖
The Largent Family Private Foundation Trust ❖
Ann & Michael E. LaRocco ❖
In Honor of David & Mo Meuse
Karen Hough Majidzadeh & Todd Majidzadeh ❖❤✷✐
In Memory of Mary Lee Cobb Hedrick
Mary Beth & Luke McCormick ❖✐
John McEwen ❖
Melanie Murray ❖
Ann & Ron Pizzuti ❖✷
Linda & Michael Stickney ❖❤✷
Melinda & Chad Whittington ❖❤✷✐
Lisa & Ronald Wilson ❖
Scott & Elizabeth Wise ❖
Anonymous (2) ❖
$2,500–$4,999
The Carroll Family ❖❤
Amy & Josh Corna ❖❤✷
Meredith & Jay Crane ❖
Kirsten Dell ❖
In Memory of Rusty Bell
Sandy Doyle-Ahern & Michael Ahern ❖
Trey & Lynne Dye ❖
In Honor of David & Mo Meuse
Cindi Englefield & Dave Kaylor ❖
Elisabeth Evan ❖
Michael & Mollie Ezzie ❖❤
The Hattie & Robert Lazarus Fund of The Columbus Foundation ❖
Ann & Tom Hoaglin ❖✷
Jill Jeffrey Kingsley ❖✷
David Kundert ❖
In Honor of David & Mo Meuse
The Lurie Family Charitable Fund of The Columbus Foundation ❖
The Lynnda & Steven Davis Family Foundation ❖❤✷
Doug & Cookie McIntyre ❖✷
Kimberly & Marc Minor ❖❤✷
Ohlinger Publishing Services ❖
Alicia & Greg Overmyer ❖
Edwin & Mary Jane Overmyer ❖✷
Curt & Peggy Robson ❖
Kathleen Lach & Dan Rowan ❖❤✷
Matt & Cathy Satterwhite ❖❤✷
Amy & Alan Shore ❖
The Susan Tomasky & Ronald Ungvarsky Family Foundation ❖✷
Kara J. Trott & Robert Philips ❖✷
Mr. & Mrs. William C. Wolfe, Jr. ❖
Laura & Jeff Yaroma ❖❤✷
Mary Yerina & Bob Redfield ❖✷
Anonymous ❖
$1,200–$2,499
Robert Allen & Diane Weaver
George S. Barrett ✷
Trudy Bartley
Carroll & Joe Bowman ✷
Steven Brechter
Nicole & Christopher Callam ❤
Mark & Mindy Corna ✷
Kristina & Matthew Daiker ❤
David English ❤
In Memory of Blair & Jone English
The David Feinberg & Felicia Franco-Feinberg Charitable Fund
James B. Ford, D.D.S. ✷
Robert Fry & Janice Quatman ✷
Babette Gorman & Jack Buckingham ✷
Debra & Duncan Griffin ❤
Mr. & Mrs. William Guy ✷
Richard Helmreich ❤
Stephen Ifeduba & Terrilyn W. Ifeduba ❤
Lisa Ingram & Greg Guy
The James Mohr Charitable Fund
Scott & Kimberly Jones ✷
Mary & Thomas Katzenmeyer ✷
In Honor of Patricia Eshman & William Steele
The Kent Johnson & Gillian Thomson Fund
Mary G. & C. Robert Kidder ✷
Tom Krouse ❤
Drs. Scott Kurzer & Shu Wang
Ray & Kemberly Lang In Memory of Kenneth E. Meiners
T. Earl LeVere, Esq ❤
Bailey Massari ✷
Sally Jeffrey ONeil
Cindy G. Owens ✷
Angela Pace ❤
Ann & Jack Ruscilli ✷
Marcy & Jonathan Schaffir ✷
Michael & Laure Schoedinger ❤
Jane & Tim Stehle
Holly & Sean Stokes ❤
Nancy Strause
Stephanie & Dr. Ronald M. Taddeo
Sheldon & Rebecca Taft ✷
In Memory of Frances Smith Rinehart
Linda & Rainer Teufel
Dr. Jeff Vasiloff
Cynthia & Dr. Steven Wanamaker
Julie & Jeff Wilkins ✷
Anonymous $600–$1,199
Carol Andreae & James Garland
George & Vanessa Arnold
Ashley & Judith Bird
Andre & Jennifer Bondurant
Mel & Audrey Bornstein
Barbara Brandt ✷
The C. John & Flo Ann Easton Family Fund
Cap Clegg
Karen Conner ✷ In Memory of Bill Conner
Tony & Doug Crabill
Dr. Patricia A. Cunningham
In Memory of Dr. Craig R. Hassler
Mike & Sharon Curtin
Jon & Anne Davis
Elfi Di Bella ✷ In Honor of Patricia Eshman & William Steele
Ric Dillon ✷
Heather & Brian DiMasi (White of Dublin Bridal Boutique)
In Honor of David & Mo Meuse
Amy Gleason
Robin & Peter Hersha
Steven W. Hillyer
Kevin & Laurie Hommema
Charles & Lisa Howe
Frederick M. & Judith K. Isaac
Lauerhass Architecture
Jeff & Wendy Luedke
William J. & Donna McGraw III
James & Joni Medsker
Malcolm & Barbara Mogren ❤✷
Julia Noulin-Mérat & Patrick McGovern ✷
Dan & Jennifer Overmyer
Toshia Safford ❤
Dr. Philip & Mrs. Elizabeth Samuels
Scott Schiff
Paul & Dianne Schmeling
Joyce Schoedinger
The Revs. Bruce & Susan Smith
R. Tyler Stant
Allison H. Steiner & Ryan J. Harding ✷ In Honor of David & Mo Meuse
Ralph & Joan Talmage
Lynn & John Vottero
Charlotte A. Yates
In Memory of Allan J. Yates
Barbara & Bob Young
Anonymous (6)
We would be thrilled for you to join this list. Please contact Barbara Markus at bmarkus@capa.com or 614-719-6702 to discuss a partnership.
photo: Mitchell Multimedia
The spotlight shines brilliantly on 2025/2026 PNC Broadway in Columbus.
What you see on the stage is the result of hours and hours of learning the craft. Hitting your mark. Getting off book. At PNC Bank, we know how much behind-the-scenes work goes into making the difficult look effortless. To the performers shining brightly tonight, bravo!
